The Great Gatsby portrays 1920's life. ... Throughout the novel, moral decadence, frequent exploitation, and the unobtainable American Dream represent significant themes in understanding various interpretations of The Great Gatsby's storyline. ... Tom Buchannan and Myrtle Wilson, both of whom have marriages with other people, arrange a meeting together in New York (Fitzgerald 30-31). ... Daisy shows a great lack of moral character when she quickly involves herself in an affair with Gatsby. ... Long after George Wilson kills Gatsby, Tom admits to telling Wilson that Gatsby killed...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... George Wilson, Myrtle's husband, also wishes to come into some money, namely through Tom's car, which he hopes to buy and then sell again and make some money out of it. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... George Wilson, Myrtle's husband, also wishes to come into some money, namely through Tom's car, which he hopes to buy and then sell again and make some money out of it. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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The Great Gatsby Group Pressure on the Individual: An individual has many pressures put on him/her from society. ... I think what he does with Myrtle is totally wrong. ... Triangles: the effects of jealousy are different on Tom, Gatsby and Myrtle. ... The way it affected Tom is he wanted something different but he didn't want to go out and marry Myrtle or break up the marriage. ... It affected Myrtle by making her want Tom and envying Daisy because she has him and Myrtle wants him and she cant have him. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby perfectly illuminates the American life of the Jazz Age. ... "In many ways, The Great Gatsby represents Fitzgerald's attempt to confront his conflicting feelings about the Jazz Age" ("Gatsby" n. pag.). ... Nick knew that Tom had sent George Wilson, the husband of Tom's misstress Myrtle, to kill Gatsby. ... This is ironic because not only was Tom wrong when he told Wilson that Gatsby was driving the car, but also because it sums up the destruction of truth that Tom projects throughout the rest of the novel. ... Also, Tom is a co...

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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby have many things in common. ... He could have prevented both Gatsby and Wilson's deaths, but chose not to. ... Tom tricks Wilson into believing that Myrtle was Gatsby's mistress, resulting in the murders of both the men. ... Gatsby waited all night to make sure Daisy was ok after the argument with Tom in the hotel room and the "death car incident- (153), while Tom refuses to hang up the phone with his lover (20) and goes as far as breaking Myrtle s nose. (41) Which is because of the type of people Tom and Gatsby are...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... George Wilson, Myrtle's husband, also wishes to come into some money, namely through Tom's car, which he hopes to buy and then sell again and make some money out of it. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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As the title infers, Jay Gatsby is nothing short of great. ... Both Tom and Gatsby are motivated by a woman, whether it is Daisy and Myrtle for Tom or just Daisy for Gatsby. ... He is also extremely hypocritical, condemning Gatsby's relationship with Daisy but having no qualms about his affair with Myrtle. ... However, Gatsby's involvement in illegal activities can only cause one to speculate that he may be responsible for numerous deaths, much like Tom who provokes George Wilson to murder Gatsby and commit suicide. ... If placed in correct order, these observations show a culminatio...

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In his novel The Great Gatsby (1925) F. ... Gatsby. ... Jay Gatsby has a soul. ... Another character whose entire being revolves around money is Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle stands at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder and money seems to be her only desire in life. ...

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The Great Gatsby The 1920s was a time in American History where the white-collar men and the socially elite lived a life laced with luxury. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel the Great Gatsby, morality played a huge factor in how the reader views the people of the 1920s. ... Myrtle Wilson also felt this way, thus her purist of Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband. ... Even though the characters in the Great Gatsby, and man! ... Another example is Myrtle. ...

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The two novels, The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye, have two characters who are very similar but at the same time, different from each other. ... Their relation makes one of The Great Gatsby's themes extremely evident, which is the falsity and hollowness of the wealthy class in the 1920's. ... Tom has an affair with Myrtle Wilson, and he treats her worse that Daisy. ... This relationship between Tom and Stradlater makes The Great Gatsby's theme even clearer. ... Stradlater, from the Catcher in the Rye, and Tom Buchanan, one of the antagonists in The Great Gatsby, have a...

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Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby show both similarities and differences throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby. ... Buchanan when he discusses his attitudes towards the superiority of the white race as well as his secret affair with Myrtle Wilson. ... Myrtle speaking of Daisy's name was enough to enrage this "hulking" man, as Daisy describes Tom (17). ... As was previously stated, Tom uses Myrtle as his mistress. ... Gatsby uses Nick Carraway to get to Daisy. ...

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In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Also the near death of the American dream can be seen in the working class people of Wilson and Myrtle. ... Even Gatsby, the character we, the readers, are supposed to like the best, is materialistic. ... An excellent example of this inherent societal truth is Wilson. ... WILSON. ...

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